Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

This website is operated under the name LIKH Creative Studio by Lina Staciokaite, an individual carrying out independent activity in Lithuania.

We are the data controller responsible for processing your personal data.

Contact email: likhcreative@gmail.com

2. What Personal Data We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

  • Your name, email address, if provided.

  • Your business name and contact details.

  • Information you provide through contact forms, emails or project enquiries.

  • Project requirements and information necessary to provide our services.

  • Order, transaction and billing information.

  • Technical information about your website visit, including device and browser information and website usage data, where collected.

3. Why We Process Your Personal Data

We process personal data for the following purposes:

  • Responding to enquiries and preparing proposals: to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

  • Providing purchased services and managing projects: to perform our contract with you.

  • Processing payments and maintaining financial records: to perform our contract and comply with legal obligations.

  • Operating, maintaining and improving our website: where necessary for our legitimate interests or based on your consent, where required.

  • Website analytics: to understand website usage, where applicable and with consent when required by law.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we process personal data on the following legal bases, as applicable:

  • Contract: where processing is necessary to provide our services or take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

  • Legal obligation: where processing is required by applicable accounting, tax or other laws.

  • Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided your rights and freedoms do not override those interests.

  • Consent: where you have given consent for processing that requires it, such as non-essential cookies.

5. Sharing Personal Data

We share personal data only where necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including with:

  • Squarespace, our website hosting and e-commerce platform.

  • Payment providers used to process transactions.

  • Analytics providers, if used.

  • Public authorities, where required by law.

We do not sell personal data.

6. Cookies and Analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for essential website functionality and, where enabled, analytics.

Non-essential cookies and similar technologies will only be activated after consent where required by applicable law. You can manage your preferences through the website's cookie settings, where available.

If we use Google Analytics or another analytics provider, that provider may process technical information about your website usage.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Enquiry and project information is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to manage communications and our business relationship. Contractual, accounting and tax records are retained for the periods required by applicable law.

Where processing is based on consent, we stop that processing when consent is withdrawn, unless another lawful basis applies.

8. International Data Transfers

Our service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where applicable, we ensure that such transfers comply with GDPR requirements, using an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards where required.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Under applicable data protection law, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.

  • Request correction or deletion of your personal data.

  • Request restriction of processing.

  • Object to processing where applicable.

  • Request data portability where applicable.

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

10. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal data is handled, please contact us at: likhcreative@gmail.com

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable legal requirements.